Meanings
cheerio1
interjection
- CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalGoodbye, an interjection said upon parting.
"In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!"
1921, P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, ch. XIII. Rallying Round Percy1 more example
But we all knew it wasn't the final end of the HST. This wasn't "goodbye", more like a "cheerio, see you someplace soon".
2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50 - rareHello; a greeting.
Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!
1947, Anita Bell, He Done Her Wrong
nouncheerio (plural cheerios)
plural cheerios
- New ZealandA small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties.
The man who has gone around the cocktail circuit pounding cheerios to the end of time did not come in here and open his mouth once on the Bill.
1978, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 4230Synonyms: cocktail sausage, little boy
Cheerio2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties.
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Origin
From cheer and/or cheery + -o.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 嗨, 喂
- 嗨 (hāi)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- 喂 (wèi)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- 你好 (nǐhǎo)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- 再會 /再会 (zàihuì)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- 拜拜 (bàibài, bāibái, báibái)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Czech ahoj, nashle
- ahojgoodbye, toodeloo — see also bye
- nashlegoodbye, toodeloo — see also bye
- ahojhello — see also hi
- servustranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- ahojtranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- čautranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Dutch hoi, doei
- hoitranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- doeitranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Finnish heippa, terve
- heippagoodbye, toodeloo — see also bye
- tervetranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- heitranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
French salut
- saluttranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
German tschüss, hallo
- tschüssgoodbye, toodeloo — see also bye
- hallohello — see also hi
Hindi बंदगी
- बंदगी (bandgī)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Italian ciao
- ciaotranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Japanese こんにちは, やあ
- こんにちは (konnichi wa)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- やあ (yā)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- どうも (dōmo)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- では (de wa)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- またね (mata ne)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- じゃtranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- バイバイ (baibai)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- バイ (bai)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Korean 안녕
- 안녕 (annyeong)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Polish cześć, pa
- cześćtranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- patranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Russian приве́т, здоро́во
- приве́т (privét)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- здоро́во (zdoróvo)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- пока́ (poká)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- бу́дь здоро́в! (búdʹ zdoróv!)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- бу́дь здоро́ва! (búdʹ zdoróva!)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
- бу́дьте здоро́вы! (búdʹte zdoróvy!)translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
Scottish Gaelic tìoraidh
- tìoraidhtranslations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parting
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APA
cheerio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheerio
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“cheerio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheerio. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheerio,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheerio.
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